Canada sheds 36,000 jobs in November, unemployment rate up to 7.1%. ]3 @: ?. a( `6 O+ w) X' y
Job losses were bigger than economists had been expecting.6 S" K2 y2 z1 N* Y i M
Alberta lost nearly 15,000 jobs last month and its jobless rate jumped 4/10ths of a percentage point to 7.0 per cent, as the oil-related slump continued to take a toll. 9 Q$ ?- M2 ]; S
上个月阿省有1万五人丢掉饭碗。 4 R3 q1 }# f' d
9 x" V3 g' e0 l! u4 s2 IThat was the biggest decline in employment among the provinces and leaves Alberta's unemployment rate at a five-year high. # D9 a/ P: H, `& `- t H5 w阿省是重灾区,在全国所有省中‘独占鳌头’,全国3万6人中, 阿省一个省就占1万5。但阿省人口占全国人口10%多一点。 ) U4 B# P) ]# A6 {0 `
这种情况的出现是理所当然的。
从分布看, 主要是能源大省灾情严重, 非能源大省没有多少变化。; b4 U I* P! l: a7 ^ k& q* w
Manitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island also lost jobs, while employment in other provinces was relatively unchanged.) D: l" e3 N. Q6 @; ^- Q. g1 ]. c